“We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel
and sinful thing that we do. Cruelty... is a fundamental sin, and admits
of no arguments or nice distinctions. If only we do not allow our heart
to grow callous, it protests against cruelty, is always clearly heard;
and yet we go on perpetrating cruelties easily, merrily, all of us - in
fact, anyone who does not join in is dubbed a crank.”